I think it should serve as a wake up call for the rest of the world. Sweden has had incredible success with recycling in recent years, most notably touting the fact that they import other countries' trash to use in their recycling plants [1]. How can we recreate Sweden’s model in the US and have our own solution to the trash problem instead of giving it to China?
[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sweden-s-recycling...
EDIT: Fixed wording and added source. Sweden is buying other countries' trash, not selling theirs.